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Calle Ocho Returns 14 March With a $40M Series Figure

Calle Ocho Music Festival runs 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Sunday 14 March 2027 across 15 blocks of Little Havana. The organiser publishes a $40M series impact and no attendance figure for the day.

Calle Ocho Music Festival runs Sunday 14 March 2027 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. The route covers 15 street blocks of Little Havana between SW 12th and 27th Avenue. Entry is free. The organiser counts the 2027 edition as the 49th.

Carnaval Miami runs the series through the Kiwanis Club of Little Havana. Its events page lists Calle Ocho beside six other events between 6 March and 14 March.

The one figure the organiser publishes

The series home page carries a $40M economic impact for local artists, vendors and small businesses across the Greater Miami area. The about page states the series impact at $40M every year.

Both pages carry one number for the whole series. Neither carries a figure for Calle Ocho alone. Neither carries a room-night count.

The home page adds an average of one million attendees each year across every event on the calendar.

Four dated events inside nine days

Carnaval on the Mile runs Miracle Mile on 6 and 7 March, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. The Golf Classic takes a 12 noon shotgun at Miami Lakes Golf Club on 8 March.

The Domino Tournament runs Domino Park on Saturday 13 March, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Calle Ocho opens the next morning at 11 a.m.

Saturday 13 March carries a park event that closes at 4 p.m. Sunday 14 March carries a street festival that opens at 11 a.m. Both published windows run through daylight.

The clocks a house can staff against

Eleven a.m. to 7 p.m. is eight published hours. The organiser publishes no evening session and no street reopening time.

VIP Passport holders get the lounges from 1 p.m. Registration runs 12:30 p.m. to 4 p.m., and the page names 4 p.m. as last call. The passport includes reserved parking and private transportation along the 15 blocks. Drink sample wristbands take guests 21 or older.

The passport page credits the VIP operation to volunteers of the Kiwanis Club of Little Havana. It publishes no crew count and no shift length. A property sending staff to the festival has two published clocks for the rota: the 12:30 p.m. tent opening and the 4 p.m. close.

Two parking addresses

The organiser publishes the Miami Dade College surface parking lot at 2620 SW 5th Street, Miami, 33135. The Kiwanis Registration Tent stands on the campus lot at 2501 SW 6th Street, at 6th Street and 27th Avenue.

Reserved parking is a passport inclusion. The page publishes no space count for either lot, no rate and no event-day hours.

Four open lines

Four items a property forecast needs are absent from the site. A Calle Ocho attendance figure. A room-night count for the series. A hotel block or partner rate. A street reopening time.

The series office publishes 1400 SW 1st St., Miami, FL 33135, with (305) 644-8888 and info@carnavalmiami.com.

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